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Book: Black Sun

Author: Rebecca Roanhorse

Book Series: Between Earth and Sky Book 1

Rating: 5/5

Diversity: Indigenous characters, mythology, and pre-Colombian world, blind character, trans/non binary characters and xe/xir pronouns used, bisexual characters and bi f/m relationship and f/nb pairing.

Recommended For...: fantasy, sci-fi, magic

Publication Date: October 13, 2020

Genre: Fantasy

Recommended Age: 16+ (violence, gore, romance)

Publisher: Saga Press

Pages: 464

Synopsis: In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.

Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man’s mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain.

Review: I really loved this book! The world building and character development was absolutely masterful and the book plot was intriguing. The book was so well done and I loved that it’s a fantasy not steeped in European myth and culture. Honestly, we need more of those. The book also did well to include a lot of diversity. This is my second Roanhorse book and I am so in love with her writing.

The only thing I can fault the book for is that there are 4 storylines to keep straight and sometimes that can be confusing for some readers. The book also ends in a cliffhanger.

Verdict: A definite must read.